Melinda Steffy
@melindasteffy.bsky.social
ARTIST mixing up geometric abstraction, information painting & folk art melindasteffy.com ✴️ NONPROFIT CONSULTING concentricstrategy.org ✴️ CO-EXEC cultureworksphila.org
This batch of paintings are completely un-screen-friendly and there is no way to show the subtle details and textures here. 🤷🏼 But I like them, and you will too if you come visit my studio to see them in person.
April 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This batch of paintings are completely un-screen-friendly and there is no way to show the subtle details and textures here. 🤷🏼 But I like them, and you will too if you come visit my studio to see them in person.
SONG 1: Booth Killed Lincoln
acrylic on wood panel, based on a 19th-century folk ballad, as sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
24”x42”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a 19th-century folk ballad, as sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
24”x42”
2018
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
SONG 1: Booth Killed Lincoln
acrylic on wood panel, based on a 19th-century folk ballad, as sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
24”x42”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a 19th-century folk ballad, as sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
24”x42”
2018
SONG 2: God Moves on the Water
acrylic on wood panel, based on a blues song by Blind Willie Johnson
24”x30”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a blues song by Blind Willie Johnson
24”x30”
2018
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
SONG 2: God Moves on the Water
acrylic on wood panel, based on a blues song by Blind Willie Johnson
24”x30”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a blues song by Blind Willie Johnson
24”x30”
2018
SONG 3: Great Dust Storm
acrylic on wood panel, based on a folk ballad by Woody Guthrie
36”x42”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a folk ballad by Woody Guthrie
36”x42”
2018
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
SONG 3: Great Dust Storm
acrylic on wood panel, based on a folk ballad by Woody Guthrie
36”x42”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a folk ballad by Woody Guthrie
36”x42”
2018
SONG 4: Ruination Day
acrylic on wood panel, based on a song by Gillian Welch
24”x18”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a song by Gillian Welch
24”x18”
2018
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
SONG 4: Ruination Day
acrylic on wood panel, based on a song by Gillian Welch
24”x18”
2018
acrylic on wood panel, based on a song by Gillian Welch
24”x18”
2018
⚡ Shout out to @tsanetwork Philly for hosting the first exhibition of this work back in 2019, to @besadmusic for their incredible performance in the gallery, and to @inliquid for including the first 3 songs in their current exhibit at Park Towne Place.
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
⚡ Shout out to @tsanetwork Philly for hosting the first exhibition of this work back in 2019, to @besadmusic for their incredible performance in the gallery, and to @inliquid for including the first 3 songs in their current exhibit at Park Towne Place.
🎉 And hbd to this kid, who was 3 in the picture and turns 9 tomorrow, who had the good fortune to be born the day AFTER Ruination Day.
April 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🎉 And hbd to this kid, who was 3 in the picture and turns 9 tomorrow, who had the good fortune to be born the day AFTER Ruination Day.
This drawing got moved to the back burner for a while. Gotta pick it up again if I'm ever going to finish it!
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This drawing got moved to the back burner for a while. Gotta pick it up again if I'm ever going to finish it!
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
Inspired by the #55Greetings that were sent into space on the #VoyagerGoldenRecord. This one will have 160 "double star" blocks, for the 160 dialects of English spoken around the world.
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Been a minute since I stretched a canvas. Circa 2008, I would guess. I forgot how annoying it is to get the corners square...
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
January 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Been a minute since I stretched a canvas. Circa 2008, I would guess. I forgot how annoying it is to get the corners square...
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
#AbstractArt #GeometricAbstraction #VisualArtist #WorkInProgress
Greeting No. 38: Mandarin
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Greeting No. 38: Mandarin
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star
✴️
2024
24"x24"
Acrylic on wood panel
Based on the 55 Greetings sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record
#55Greetings #VoyagerGoldenRecord #CarlSagan #InformationArt #GeometricArt #AbstractArt #PhillyArtist #DelcoArtist #Quilt #Star